We launched an improved, redesigned website back in 2011. Today we’ve added a new feature and a slightly new look as part of our COS. 2.0 transformation.

Featured prominently on our home page – cos.edu – you’ll find the new AskCOS feature.

We have always had a search function on our website, but often it was too robust for many users. It often returned more possible answers than he/she could sift through for desired information.

AskCOS focuses on findability rather than searchability. It can determine your most likely questions and return the appropriate answers. And you don’t have to use any special characters, keywords or search strategies to find what you seek.

Perhaps the best part is that AskCOS improves over time. It learns what information users want and provides better answers as it learns.

So please, provide feedback; it’s an important part of the learning process.

Many people around the community have heard and/or read about College of the Sequoias’ accreditation.

While it is true that COS has been sanctioned by the accreditation commission, it is not true that the college is closing. The COS Board of Trustees, administration, faculty, staff and students are working together, and we are confident that we will retain our accreditation.

Please keep in mind:

We remain fully accredited during the sanction period. You can enroll in classes for this summer if there are openings in classes you want or need. You can enroll in classes for the coming fall and spring.

Students’ credits, units and transcripts are accepted by other schools.

Students can still recieve accredited degrees and certificates or transfer to four-year colleges and universities.

We have an informational campaign rolling out, and we’re calling it COS 2.0 because we see the work we are doing as much more than just fixing problems. The accrediting commission identified problems in our systems and processes, and we are addressing those specifically. However, we are also taking this opportunity to build a better version of ourselves, and that’s what we call COS 2.0.

When we emerge from this process, we expect to be a better college, and we’ll be better able to serve our students and our community. That is why we say The Future is New, because the work we are doing now is setting a new course for ourselves as we move forward.